also: ちょうくう
noun
morning sky
Rare literary term for the sky in the morning.
朝空が茜色に染まる。
The morning sky is dyed crimson.
Compound of 朝 (あさ, 'morning') and 空 (そら, 'sky'), with rendaku voicing to ぞら. The on'yomi reading ちょうくう is a Sino-Japanese reading of the same characters.